What is on at Burg Kino this week? (6 June - 12 June)

By Kostyantyn Steblovskyy

This week at the Burg Kino on the Opernring the following films are showing:

Two Faces of January: A thriller film written and directed by screenwriter Hossein Amini in his directorial debut. It is based on the 1964 novel of the same name by Patricia Highsmith. Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten Dunst, and Oscar Isaac star in the film. In 1962, the American couple Chester MacFarland (Mortensen) and his wife Colette (Dunst) tour Greece and visit the Acropolis of Athens. There, they meet Rydal (Isaac), who works as a tour guide but scams tourists in the process. The MacFarlands invite Rydal to dinner, and Rydal, entranced by the couple's wealth and beauty, accepts their invitation. While Rydal visits the MacFarlands' hotel, Chester presses him to help move an unconscious body. Rydal helps, but eventually gets caught up in ensuing events.

Grace of Monaco: A biography film about the life of Grace Kelly, directed by Olivier Dahan and written by Arash Amel. The film stars Nicole Kidman in the titular role. It also features a supporting cast of Frank Langella, Parker Posey, Derek Jacobi, Paz Vega, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Milo Ventimiglia, and Tim Roth. Grace of Monaco is focused on former Hollywood star Grace Kelly's crisis of marriage and identity, during a dispute between Monaco's Prince Rainier III and France's Charles de Gaulle in 1962.

The Grand Budapest Hotel: A comedy-drama film written and directed by Wes Anderson and inspired by the writings of Stefan Zweig. The film follows the adventures of Gustave H. (Ralph Fiennes), a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and his lobby boy Zero Moustafa (Tony Revolori), who becomes his most trusted friend. The two team to prove his innocence after he is framed for murder. The cast also includes Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton, Saoirse Ronan, Edward Norton, and William Dafoe.

A Long Way Down: A 2014 British dark comedy film directed by Pascal Chaumeil, loosely based on author Nick Hornby's 2005 novel, A Long Way Down. It stars Imogen Poots, Toni Collette, Pierce Brosnan, and Aaron Paul as four strangers who happen to meet on the roof of a London building on New Year's Eve, each with the intent of committing suicide. Their plans for death in solitude are ruined when they meet as they decide to come down from the roof alive — however temporary that may be.

Everyday Rebellion: A documentary & cross-media project about the creativity of non-violent resistance and modern forms of civil disobedience. The Riahi Brothers have written and directed the 110 minutes long documentary, which was produced by Arash T. Riahi, Michael Seeber, Sabine Gruber, Susanne Guggenberger, Hercli Bundi.

The Third Man: A 1949 British film noir, directed by Carol Reed and starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, and Trevor Howard. It is particularly remembered for its atmospheric cinematography, performances, and musical score, and it is considered one of the greatest films of all time. The screenplay was written by novelist Graham Greene, who subsequently published the novella of the same name. Pulp novelist Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten) travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, black-market opportunist Harry Lime (Orson Welles).

Kangaroo That Hopped It Spotted In Garden
Austrian police investigating reports of an escaped kangaroo have been given concrete proof after a local woman managed to photograph the animal in her back garden.

First Images Of Eurovision Stage
These are the first images of the design for the Eurovision Song Contest stage unveiled in the Austrian capital Vienna which is the home of last year's winner Conchita Wurst.

Penelope Cruz To Play The Ice Cream Killer
The memoirs of the woman dubbed the Ice Cream Killer after she shot dead two ex-lovers before hacking the bodies up with a chainsaw and telling neighbours the noise was a new ice cream machine are due to be turned into a blockbuster with Penelope Cruz playing the lead role.

Our ombudsman David Rogers will try and help solve some of the problems from lazy civil servants through to incompetent companies – and at the very least the worst transgressors will end up in our weekly special report.